More Undead turned my way as the Attache Calibur sliced through a zombie while the Mass Produced Shortriser dropped another Cavalier by double tapping both of its heads.

My hand hurt for a moment from the recoil but quickly moved to another Zea-marked target for energy recollection. Finally getting something else to kill these things other than my fists and legs was a blessing. As mow I could cover more ground without stopping to kill and harvest energy for the S2 engine activation.

That it could print what wasn't technologically possible in my world on its almost inert state was proof that this thing was the real deal.

Also that this was my new reality. Fuck.

Must get something better than this suit if I have to kill the Herrscher spawning these things.

Hope there are enough Valkyries around to keep it occupied.

Fuck, Ballistae!

Finsher, finisher!

"ROCKING SPARK!"

"Keep those balls to yourselves!"

They blew up as I went through them with blue lightning.

Aaaand, now there were Templars floating around?

Double fuck.

[Ark Notification: Progrisekeys Rushing Cheetah and Shooting Wolf available for construction.]

Hell yes! Begin construction!

As the light beams came out of the Clycled Muffler around my neck, more of the damn Honkai came in my sights from the various parts of the city I found myself in. I tried no to think about the corpses falling from the buildings' top floors in their fervor to try and kill me. And possible devour my flesh.

Ugh, my body might now be Particle-Wave Matter, but I do not want to find out if those things can take a bit off of me.

[ARK Notification: Construction complete. Energy at 71% minimum Threshold Activation.]

A step back but four steps forward! I slotted the keys in their holders and readied both gun and sword for another heavy run. Until I though about it and folded the Calibur back into case and let it magnetize itself to my back.

I gained new finishers, didn't I?

Wolf or Cheetah then?

Hmm…

"DASH!" slot the key in! "AUTHORIZE"

Finisher jingle's on. Let's go!

"RUSHING BLAST!"

I couldn't help it, I laughed like a loon as I took off running.

Pvt. Tyler once again shook off the dust coming down from the ceiling, the monster's bombardment (because of course they have living artillery, cheating fuckers) had stopped a few minutes ago and he'd swear to his Drill Sergeant that he could once hear the thunderstorm starting again.
Thankfully that wasn't the case. It was her explaining to the Lt. that there was someone actually putting the hurt on these things when .50 cal. and AP rounds barely scratched them. That they did it with a sword and handgun of all things just made the Lt. do that 'I know you have something other than water on your canteen' look on him.

He peered down his scope for the umpteenth time. The UN Soldier barely got the stock to his shoulder when heard…

Laughter?

He turned to his Lt. and signaled for him to use the binoculars on the marked direction, just that he could see for himself that, yeah, the blue guy was back.

The blue guy, was running laps around clusters of the monsters and their undead cohort, grouping them and then firing orange blasts of energy that detonated and turned them back into dust.

Huh, he'd heard from the grapevine that some Taskforce was commissioned to fight these things, but seeing what apparently was one of them in action…

Maybe having his battalion's funds cut was good for something?

…

…

Fuck no, the BDU's boots and mess hall food still sucked.

I kept firing as many finishers as I could, but the horde seemed to never thin. Damnit, I forgot these things can spawn from nowhere and everywhere.

Shotriser is out, energy charge depleted and having to dedicate 3% of my reserves seemed like a good investment, even if I couldn't use the thing for a few minutes. So I put it on its shiny new holster that I suspect ZEA built, moving both my Progrisekey holders to my left side and readying the Attache Calibur once again.

Wireless charging, yay.

I thought I saw some soldiers on some building in the distance, but more Templars took my attention before I could make contact.

Having support for once would be nice.

A trio of Cavaliers rushed me and as I dodged, their 'riders' head fell of courtesy of the Attache Calibur in my hand. The things began dissolving as I rushed the seven Templars coming around the corner. "DASH! PROGRISEKEY CONFIRMED READY TO UTILIZE. RUSHING CHEETAH'S ABILITY!"

Fold! "RUSHING CHARGE!" unfold!

"RUSHING KABAN DYNAMIC!"

"I AM SPEED, MOTHERFUCKERS!"

My shout calls for more undead swarming in as the Templars got a case of literal splitting headache, and the charge actually lasted enough to clear two the street for a moment.

Damn, now I feel bad for putting any game character through endless mode. Double damn, my body is fine but I'm getting tired of thinking last second to avoid unplotted variants from Ark and Zea's planned routes.

[ARK Notification: Attache Arrow available for construction. Requires 5% of available power.]

Thanks, Ark, but I cant focus on archery while I can have a gun and a sword on my hands dealing damage at the same time.

Speaking of.

[ZEA Notification: MP Shortriser fully charged. Ready for deployment.]

[ARK Notification: Attache Shotgun available for construction: Requires 6% of available power.]

Thank you, guys. Ark, keep the shotgun on queue for quick printing, Zea, set aside 4% of power the holster for quick charge.

As I felt the two follow my orders I drew the Shotriser and began lining up the reticle on my hud with another zombie's head when I noticed the soldiers again.

The zombie got a smoking new ventilation hole and I tried paying more attention to those guys on the third floor of some apartment building.

Huh, they seemed to be packing at least some heat cause those shots were either from a couple of rifles or maybe a SAW, but it looked that another group of Templars and a Cavaliers… wait, weren't they called Knights? Had I been calling the rider the same as the horse… thing it rode on?

Huh, the more you remember.

Hey Zea, can you make a mirrored version of the shotriser?

[ZEA notification: Clarification needed]

Yes, so the little thing that slots in the buckle is instead in the right side of the gun?

[Zea Notification: Proposed Modification will deny any Progrisekey use.]

Yup, I know, but can we trade that for faster projectile acceleration? Or maybe a bigger energy reservoir?

[ARK Proposal: Thousand Jacker data available]

Huh, not for printing?

[ARK Notification: Insufficient Power]

Just how much did that thing cost ZAIA to build? Zea use that data to modify the Shotriser, and then forward the blueprint for revision.

[ZEA Notification: Processing… Complete]

[ZEA Notification: Project Typhoon Magnum available for construction]

[Zea Warning: Construction of Typhoon Magnun will Consume 40% of power reserve. Confirm construction?]

Yeah, better now that there are enemies to compensate for that power loss than later.

The hand cannon materialized piece by piece in ten seconds, and at the end , I had a Silver and Red gun in my hand, with some light blue accents here and there, a Slot for the keys on top of it, and something folded underneath the barrel that gave off a mean feeling.

Huh

"TYHPOON MAGNUM!"

It's got its own jingles! Lets try this baby!

*KRA-BANG!*

Oh, ow, my hand, ow, wow, ow.

Well, those Templar shields certainly did turn to be useless in the end. Ow.

So according to the data. I just shot a .50 BGM at twice its intended speed. And even with the suit compensating, I think I sprained something. Ow.

Ok, no, the bullet went through the shield of the Templar using it, the Templar behind the first one, and the zombies in between.

Wow.

Better be careful with the finishers.

I shook my hand and let it heal but damn, I still feel the kick. Damn, not gonna make fun of Fuwa and his arm anymore.

Better get to those soldiers.